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absentee landlord

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

a person who rents out a house, apartment, or farm to someone, but never or almost never visits itRenting propertyMortgages and real estateRenting, hiring and hire purchase in general
(Definition of absentee landlord noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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